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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
the Sikhara. The Stanza 11 which defines the three styles
'Nagara' Dravida and 'Vesara' is as follows:-
"That temple is known as N膩gara which is made square
from the mula (basement) to the Sikhara (head) (both inclusive),
that is Dr膩vi岣峚 which is made distinctly-hexagonal or octagonal
from above the gr墨v膩 (neck) to the end of the Sikhara (head);
that is vesara which exhibits a circular shape either from the
basement (Mula) or the neck (gala). One may construct,
according to one's liking, one from among those whose features
have been particularly prescribed.12
Shri P. A. Mankada has elaborately treated the subject of
geographical distribution of the three styles. He says: "Documen-
tary evidence as gathered from Vastu Sastras points irresistibly
to the fact that India was divided geographically as well as
politically into three main divisions as under: Northern most
division extended from the Himalayas to the Vindhya ranges.
The middle zone comprised of a tract of country lying between
the Vindhya ranges and the Godavari on the one side and Kr峁�n膩
on the other, and the Southern most zone extended from the
Kr峁ａ箛膩 to Capecomorin the Southern extrimity of India These
zones were known as 啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぐ, 啶掂�囙じ啶�, 啶︵�嵿ぐ啶距さ啶苦�� [苍腻驳补谤补, vesara, dr膩vi岣峚 ] respectively. The 啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぐ
[苍腻驳补谤补
] division included all those people whose mother tongue is
Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Maghadhi, Bengali etc.; with Sanskrit,
11. Tantrasamuccaya (N. V. Mallaya), Part I, Patala II, St. 71
"M奴l膩dy膩 Sikharam Yugasraracitam geham Sm峁沬tam
N膩garam Gr墨v膩dya Sikharakriyam 峁�adurag膩艣ro-debhaditam
Dr膩vi岣峚m M奴l膩dy膩 Galatoathav膩 Parilasad vrit膩tmakam
Vesaram Te峁�vekam Prithag膩ttalak峁�msu vidadhy膩d膩tmanah
Sammatam.
12. This definition with slight variation has been adopted by Sri Kum膩ra,
another author of Southern India, in his Silparatna (Silparatna,
T. S. S. ed. pt. I, Patala XVI)
搂 APPR. Int. p. XXXIII-XXXIV